Embroidering device



May 26, 1925.

M; S. BASSISTY EMBROIDERING DEVICE uvvmv 7'05 Original Filed Oct, 11,1920 Patented May 26, 1925.

UNITED STATES 1,539,381 PATENT OFFICE.

MICHAEL s. BASSISTY, or new YORK, N. Y.

EMBRGIDERING DEVICE.

Application filed October 11, 1920, Serial No. 416,269. Renewed April14, 1925.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knownthat 1, MICHAEL S. BASSISTY, a citizen of Russia, andresident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in EmbroideringDevices of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to embroidering devices and has particularreference to portable tools adapted for inserting thread or string loopsinto a fabric.

My invention has for an object to provide a device of the characterabove indicated capable of operation with one hand, and characterized bysimplicity of construction.

My invention is more fully described in the following specification, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Fig. l is alongitudinal sectional view of my improved device.

Fi 2 is a similar view, but showing the need e engaged with a fabric.

Fig. 3 is a front elevational view of the device.

Fig. 1 is a detail front elevation of the outer sleeve.

Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the presser foot.

Fig. 6 is a front view thereof.

Fig. 7 is a horizontal sectional view of the device, taken on the line77 of Fig. 1, certain parts being omitted.

Referring now to Figs. 1 to 7 my improved device comprises a bar fixedin the lower end of a tube 11. A space is provided between one side ofthe bar and the adjacent wall of the tube to receive a rigid strap 21having a horizontally projected offset at its lower end, these partsbeing hereinafter referred to as the presser foot. The strap 21 issecured adjustably in place by means of a headed screw 33 passing freelythrough a suitable aperture in the tube 11 and through a vertical slot31 in the strap, and threaded into the bar 20, the wall of tube 11possessing sufiicient resiliency to cause it to bind on the strap whenthe head of the screw is tightened against such wall.

A needle 2 of ordinary construction is fixed at its butt end in asuitable socket in the bar 20 by means of a set screw 3, the needleprojecting downwardly from said bar and passing through an aperture 62in the presser foot element 30.

Loosely surrounding the tube 11 is a sleeve This tongue extends looselythrough a suitable slot in a lateral offset 60 formed on the lowerportion of the bar 20, and is formed at its lower end with an aperture17 through which the thread is passed. The tongue 14 is somewhat longerthan said offset; the end of the sleeve 12 and the lip 16 on the tonguebeing adapted to engage upper and lower ends respectively of said offsetto limit the sliding movement of the sleeve.

My improved device may be operated by one hand only, the thread beingalternately caught between the lip 16 and the base of offset 60 as thedevice is moved upward, and freed from the Tip of said parts as thesleeve is moved ownward, forming a row of loops 36 in the fabric, asindicated in Fig. 2.

As indicated at 28 I may provide an expansion spring in the upper end ofthe tube which bears at one end on an offset on the strap 21 and at itsopposite end on a cap 13 on the sleeve 12 and automatically returns thelatter to raised position.

WVhile I have illustrated and described a preferred embodiment of myinvention it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to theprecise construction herein disclosed and various changes andmodifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit andscope of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1. An embroidering device comprising a bar, a needle and a presser-footfixed to said bar, a sleeve slidable on said bar, and cooperatingthread-gripping elements on said sleeve and bar adapted to grip thethread when the sleeve is moved upwardly on the bar, the thread grippingelement on the sleeve comprising a tongue projected downwardly from oneside thereof and having a lip formed on its lower end adapted to engagethe bottom of the said bar, said tongue having a thread receivingaperture in its lower end.

2. An embroidering device comprising a bar, a needle and a presser-footfixed to said bar, a sleeve slidable on said bar, and cooperatingthread-gripping elements on said sleeve and bar adapted to grip thethread when. t l eve is m d upward y on th bar, and a spring bearingbetween said sleeve and bar to move the former upwardly.

3. An embroidering device comprising a bar, a tube fixed to said barand-projecting upwardly therefrom, a presser-toot element in the form 01a longitudinally slotted strap engaging one face of the bar. andprojecting freely upward in the said tube at one side thereof, a setscrew passing through the slot in said strap and securing said strap tosaid bar, said strap having a horizontally projected offset at its lowerend formed with an aperture, a needle fixed in said bar and extendingthrough said aperture, a laterally through said last offset and having alip on its lower end, said tongue being formed at its lower end with athread receiving aperture, and a spring in said tube and bearing betweensaid bar and sleeve to raise the latter.

Signed at New York in the county of New Yorl; and State of New York this30th day of September A. D. 1920.

AHGHAEL S. BASSISTY.

